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English Core · 2025 · 5 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 1 · Set 1 · Q12
How do the peddler from 'The Rattrap' and 'the office boy' from 'Poets and Pancakes' compare in terms of their frustration, status, and grudges…
How do the peddler from 'The Rattrap' and 'the office boy' from 'Poets and Pancakes' compare in terms of their frustration, status, and grudges against others.
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Both characters are disgruntled with their stations in life.
Peddlar-
a poor, homeless vagabond who was treated badly by the society and lived hand to mouth
derived pleasure in considering the world as a rattrap and people suffering as rats.
took sadistic pleasure in thinking ill of others
Office boy-
aspired to be an actor, director or a story- writer but ended up being an office boy
frustrated at his inherent talent being ignored/undervalued/ sidelined and vented out his feeling to Asokamitran
felt resentment against Subbu, the No. $\displaystyle 2$, who he felt had an advantage because of his caste and sycophant nature
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CBSE Class 12 English Core past-paper question from the 2025board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.